invejoso

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• envejoso (archaic), (old orthography)

Etymology

From the older envejoso, from Latin invidiōsus (adapted to modern Portuguese invejo). By surface analysis, inveja +‎ -oso.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.veˈʒo.zu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.veˈʒo.zu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.veˈʒo.zo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.vɨˈʒo.zu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.vɨˈʒo.zu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.bɨˈʒo.zu/

• Hyphenation: in‧ve‧jo‧so

Adjective

invejoso (feminine invejosa, masculine plural invejosos, feminine plural invejosas, comparable, comparative mais invejoso, superlative o mais invejoso or invejosíssimo, metaphonic)

1. envious

Derived terms

• invejosamente

Related terms

• inveja

Further reading

• “invejoso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025